Guild M-20 USA

Desde hacía ya bastante tiempo tenía la ilusión de adquirir una acústica totalmente de caoba y esta Guild estaba en mi punto de mira.
Fabricada en California, de escala corta y con un sonido, según las opiniones encontradas en las redes, bastante dulce y centrada en los medios, como corresponde a este tipo de madera.
Y la verdad, no me ha decepcionada en absoluto. Pesa poco, bien construida, sonido sin estridencias en los agudos y sin graves pesados y con un estuche con humidificador incorporado.
Lo único que me retenía era que esta Guild M-20 viene sin un sistema de amplificación y yo cuando ensayo en mi cuarto de casa y sobre todo en actuaciones en alguno de los garitos que hay alrededor de donde vivo necesito como es comprensible enchufarla a mi ampli y a mis columnas QSC CP8. Así pues y vistas las circunstancias, pedí a Thomann que me instalara en la Guild el LR Baggs HIFI y así fue. Compré la Guild, el LR Baggs HIFI y por unos cuantos euros más me ha llegado la guitarra amplificada y en perfectas condiciones, también me pusieron el pin de la correa de la parte de cuello, ya que viene sin el.
En definitiva, muy satisfecho con la guitarra y con el servicio de Thomann. Esta ha sido la sexta o séptima compra que he realizado y hasta ahora sin problemas.

Introduction:
I was after a concert/parlour sized guitar. Having played a friend Guild which I adore it was really a no brainer. You won't see many any if any Guild M-20s on the second hand market, and there's a reason why - owners love them so much they won't part with them. And even when they do the delta between buying brand new is tiny, it seemed madness to risk a site like Reverb, for an instrument that will be part of my life, for the rest of my life.

Rationale: I paid the additional price to have the LR Baggs fitted by Thomann - throughout Thomman communicated to me clearly, and it was pleasantly surprised to arrive yesterday, a month earlier than anticipated.

Conclusion:
If you are looking for an all-mahogany concert/tenor guitar - there are two stand-out candidates - either the Martin 00-15m or the Guild M-20e. I opted for the former as I already own 000-15m and seemed silly duplicate something in my collection.

Excellent playability, mellow, focused sound, very different from what I have used in the past. Medium oriented with warm lows and an overall vintage sound. I was looking for a guitar for singing - songwriting, couldn't be happier.
The construction is spot on, quality materials and great workmanship. Perfect factory setup, the guitar was ready to play straight out of the box.

If a warm, focused and quiet guitar is what you're looking for, the M-20 will tick all the boxes.

Ho aspettato la mia splendida GUILD M-20 da settembre del 2015, quando la nuovissima sede GUILD era ancora in allestimento e le macchine non avevano ancora iniziato a lavorare. C?è voluto qualche mese per poterla avere tra le mani ma la soddisfazione è stata grande.
GUILD M-20: piccola ma con un suono potente, nitido ed inconfondibile. La tastiera da 44,5 mm, consente una perfetta mobilità delle dita anche per il fingerpicking . Ottimamente rifinita per essere uno strumento di medio prezzo. Anche la custodia GUILD, robusta e completa di umidificatore incorporato, merita e completa l?acquisto. Ottimo rapporto qualità / prezzo.
A mio modesto avviso, una sola piccola pecca facilmente risolvibile ???? i bottoni delle meccaniche sono in plastica bianca. Una meccanica con bottone in nikel sarebbe il suo top.
Sempre impeccabile e paziente l'assistenza telefonica Thomann !
Alessandro Berardi